I've returned after a long absence

[Olivier Fourdan]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> Now for my one question....
[...]

Welcome back Chris.

> Is it possible to *prevent* moving Firefox to the current workspace
> when (for example) clicking on a link in an E-Mail.  I find it a real
> nuisance when Firefox bursts on the scene and obliterates everything.
> I'd much rather use the pager and go and look at what has popped up in
> Firefox when *I* want to do it.

That's an easy one. On 4.4, there is a hidden option, look for
"activate_action" in xfwm4 help page.

In xfce 4.6, there is an gui option in the wm tweaks panel.

Cheers,
Olivier.